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War Statistics

#1 Postby Guest » Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:47 pm

Just thought you might like to see these.....

War By the Numbers


Wednesday, April 2:
1,900 total missions flown total

900 attack missions

500 air refueling tanker missions

250 cargo airflift missions

100 command, control, intelligence, surveillance and recon missions

Focused on killing Republican Guard targets — Medina, Baghdad and Hammurabi divisions — and hitting strategic targets in Baghdad.


Since the Start of the War (as of Sunday, March 30):

21,000 sorties flown

8,000 precision guided weapons dropped

70 percent of all bombs dropped precision guided

24.7 million gallons of fuel pumped into planes on refueling missions

28,000 short tons of cargo moved by aircraft

36,000 passengers moved since October 2002.

26 million leaflets dropped
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#2 Postby cycloneye » Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:53 pm

Thanks ticka for bringing those numbers updated for the members to see.
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#3 Postby wx247 » Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:55 pm

Thanks Ticka! :)
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#4 Postby bfez1 » Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:58 pm

Thanks for the update, ticka :D
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#5 Postby chadtm80 » Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:59 pm

:wink:
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#6 Postby Lindaloo » Thu Apr 03, 2003 3:42 pm

Wow!! Go United States!! :wink:
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#7 Postby ColdFront77 » Thu Apr 03, 2003 3:51 pm

I also thank you for the statistics, Ticka. What a job we have done in just 15 days.
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